Methods of Microeconometric Evaluations

The projects aims to extend the microeconometric evaluation
literature in several aspects. A particular concern is the use of
nonparametric methods, such as matching, to avoid typical
specification biases. For example various extensions of the matching
approach have been proposed and successfully applied that allow for
time varying starting dates of the individual treatments (such as
training, active labour market policies, etc.). They are also
combined with the idea of so called difference-in-difference
estimation. Currently, we are also interested in the methodology for
estimating treatment effects in cases where there are more than one
treatment (such as the many different variants of active labour
market policy). This project is also related to the other empirical
evaluation projects of our group.